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| When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals | 
| Authors: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, Susan Mccarthy
Publisher: Delta
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 66754
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0385314280
Dewey Decimal Number: 591.51
UPC: 400307296869
EAN: 9780385314282
ASIN: 0385314280
Publication Date: May 2, 1996
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| Customer Reviews:
 Truly heart rending October 31, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
A must read book, I personally recommend this book. I read it and I am glad I did.
People must give due respect to all creation, all sentient manifestation.
Helped me go vegetarian! March 21, 2001
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book was life changing for me. I always loved animals and really always wanted to be a vegetarian, but I never was able to live the way I really wanted. This book is not about vegetarianism at all, what it does is illuminates the emotional lives of animals. Most of us KNOW that animals have emotions, but we don't really think about it. This book expands your thinking and really allows you to appreciate and respect animals in a new, more profound way. It was after reading this book that I began to lose the desire to eat animals. I am truly, truly grateful for this book. I have been a vegetarian for 6 years now! Who would have thunk!
 opinion presented as fact January 19, 2001
12 out of 43 found this review helpful
I started listening to the audio version of this book, but couldn't get past the introduction, where the author stated that "humans aren't in touch with their emotions." I thought, is the whole book going to be filled with unsupported and untrue statements like this? I can't stand authors who present statements of opinion as though they were fact, nor can I stomach authors who ascribe to the whole world their own shortcomings.
 This Book Changed My Life December 15, 2000
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
It's true. I picked up When Elephants Weep on audio as an impulse and listened to it in one sitting. Besides awakening in me a renewed respect for the subtleties and beauty of the natural world, it gave me the push I needed to finally make the jump to vegetarianism.The book was fascinating, without being too dry or academic. My only complaint is that the author tends to rant a bit on the subject of eating meat. While I have been a vegetarian for a year and a half, I still believe that it is an individual choice and shouldn't be encouraged through guilt and emotional intimidation. Even as I read the book, I was making the choice to go meatless--but I still thought the tone was too scolding and accusatory. Other than that, I loved the book and recommend it quite often. ....
One of my favorite books September 18, 2000
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
"When Elephants Weep" was the first book by Jeffrey Masson that I read. It was deeply moving. Not intended to be a scientific treatise, it is an honest and deeply emotional account of one persons very qualified view on the emotional lives of animals. Only the most anthropocentric of readers could not love this book. I followed up by reading "Dogs Never Lie About Love" and "The Emperor's Embrace" and was also very pleased with these efforts by Mr. Masson. I look forward to all his future work. Hoping for a future world of less violence and more compassion, I wish I could magically put all his books in the hands of children of all ages.
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